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Why some charities are seeing fewer donations this year

Why some charities are seeing fewer donations this year

A charitable giving expert says there's more competition for those dollars, and the new federal tax law may be adding to the confusion.
by John Enger

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Almost 15,000 migrant children now held at nearly full shelters

Almost 15,000 migrant children now held at nearly full shelters

With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.
by John Burnett

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Ex-cons get a deeper look from employers in tight Minnesota job market

Ex-cons get a deeper look from employers in tight Minnesota job market

With Minnesota's near-record jobless rate and more openings than people looking for work, there's new opportunity for people who've historically had the hardest time landing jobs — people with criminal records.
by Martin Moylan

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Santas of color, once met with controversy, now in high demand

Santas of color, once met with controversy, now in high demand

Santa Larry made headlines in 2016 when he made his debut, because he was the first-ever African-American Santa at the Mall of America. While black and Hispanic Santas are common in other parts of the country, they're not in Minnesota.
by Riham Feshir

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Tribune, Tronc and beyond: A slur, a secret payout, and a looming sale

Tribune, Tronc and beyond: A slur, a secret payout, and a looming sale

Tribune Publishing secretly started to pay more than $2.5 million to a fired news executive to settle a lawsuit. It sought to keep a slur by controlling owner Michael Ferro from becoming public.
by David Folkenflik

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Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses

Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.
by Associated Press

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New shelter opens for residents of Minneapolis homeless camp

New shelter opens for residents of Minneapolis homeless camp

Social workers are trying to convince some who are leery of living in a shelter to try a new navigation center across the highway from the encampment.
by Max Nesterak

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Barron to light 'tree of hope' for Jayme Closs

Barron to light 'tree of hope' for Jayme Closs

Residents are hoping for the safe return of Jayme, the 13-year-old missing since mid-October when her parents were found shot to death in their northwestern Wisconsin home.
by Jiwon Choi

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5 questions as Minneapolis opens experimental homeless shelter

5 questions as Minneapolis opens experimental homeless shelter

The "navigation center" is the first of its kind in Minnesota and could be a model for sheltering homeless across the state, if it succeeds. Here's what it's about.
by Max Nesterak

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Poll: Americans want Trump to compromise on border wall amid possible shutdown

Poll: Americans want Trump to compromise on border wall amid possible shutdown

Fifty-seven percent don't think demanding funding for the wall is worth the gridlock, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. Many do not consider the wall a top priority for the next Congress, either.

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